Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor

Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor
PromotionsBig Japan Pro Wrestling
First event2011
Event gimmickRound-robin tournament to determine the best wrestler of BJW's Deathmatch division

Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor is a professional wrestling round-robin hardcore tournament biennially held by Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) to determine the best wrestler of BJW's deathmatch division. The tournament was first held in 2011. From 2011 to 2013, one top wrestler from each block qualified for the final round with the two facing in the final but the format was changed in 2015 when top two wrestlers from each block qualified for the knockout stage. An alternative tournament is held for the strong style division called Ikkitousen Strong Climb since 2012.

List of winners

Year Winner Total won Ref.
2011 Takashi Sasaki 1 [1]
2013 Ryuji Ito 1 [2]
2015 Abdullah Kobayashi 1 [3]
2017 Masaya Takahashi 1 [4]
2019 Isami Kodaka 1 [5]
2021 Drew Parker 1 [6][7]

2011

The 2011 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor was held between February 6 and April 18, 2011.

Final standings
Block A Block B
Takashi Sasaki 8 Masashi Takeda 6
Jaki Numazawa 4 Jun Kasai 4
Isami Kodaka 4 Yuko Miyamoto 4
Shadow WX 4 Abdullah Kobayashi 4
Kankuro Hoshino 0 Drake Younger 2
Final
   
A1 Takashi Sasaki Pin
B1 Masashi Takeda 21:43

2013

The 2013 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor was held between March 4 and April 10, 2013. The tournament final between Ryuji Ito and Isami Kodaka was a two out of three falls match, with the first fall being a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Death match, the second fall was a Fluorescent Lighttubes and Block Death Match and the third fall was a Nail Board, TLC, Fluorescent Lighttubes and Block Death match.[8]

Final standings
Block A Block B
Ryuji Ito 10 Isami Kodaka 10
Yuko Miyamoto 8 Masashi Takeda 8
Drake Younger 6 Danny Havoc 4
Jaki Numazawa 4 Abdullah Kobayashi 4
Shadow WX 2 Saburo Inematsu 4
Kankuro Hoshino 0 Takumi Tsukamoto 0
Final
   
A1 Ryuji Ito Pin
B1 Isami Kodaka 32:30

2015

The 2015 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor was held between March 1[9] and April 19, 2015.

Final standings
Block A Block B
Masashi Takeda 8 Isami Kodaka 8
Ryuji Ito 6 Abdullah Kobayashi 6
Kankuro Hoshino 6 Masato Inaba 6
Jaki Numazawa 4 Takumi Tsukamoto 4
Ryuichi Sekine 4 Saburo Inematsu 4
Masaya Takahashi 2 Takayuki Ueki 2
Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Masashi Takeda Pin
B2 Abdullah Kobayashi 13:03
B2 Abdullah Kobayashi Sub
B1 Isami Kodaka 20:38
B1 Isami Kodaka Pin
A2 Ryuji Ito 15:10

2017

The 2017 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor was held between March 5 and April 8, 2017.[10]

Final standings
Block A Block B
Isami Kodaka 10 Masaya Takahashi 8
Kenji Fukimoto 6 Jaki Numazawa 6
Ryuji Ito 6 Masashi Takeda 6
Takumi Tsukamoto 4 Ryuichi Sekine 4
Takayuki Ueki 4 Yuko Miyamoto 4
Toshiyuki Sakuda 2 Kankuro Hoshino 2
Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Isami Kodaka Pin
B2 Jaki Numazawa 6:10
A1 Isami Kodaka Pin
B1 Masaya Takahashi 13:49
B1 Masaya Takahashi Pin
A2 Kenji Fukimoto 10:06

2019

The 2019 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor was held between February 28 to March 31.[11]

Final standings
Block A Block B
Isami Kodaka 8 Masashi Takeda 10
Abdullah Kobayashi 8 Toshiyuki Sakuda 8
Jimmy Havoc 8 Takumi Tsukamoto 8
Ryuichi Sekine 6 Minoru Fujita 6
Ryuji Ito 6 Rickey Shane Page 6
Yuko Miyamoto 6 Kankuro Hoshino 2
Yoshihisa Uto 0 Takayuki Ueki 2
Semifinals Finals[12]
      
A1 Isami Kodaka Pin
B2 Toshiyuki Sakuda 15:13
A1 Isami Kodaka Pin
B1 Masashi Takeda 16:43
B1 Masashi Takeda Pin
A2 Abdullah Kobayashi 13:34

2021

The 2021 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor was held between March 3 to June 28.[13]

Final standings
Block A Block B Block C Block D
Violento Jack 6 Drew Parker 4 Ryuji Ito 4 Hideyoshi Kamitani 4
Masaya Takahashi 4 Takumi Tsukamoto 4 Masashi Takeda 4 Akira Hyodo 4
Abdullah Kobayashi 2 Shunma Katsumata 2 Kankuro Hoshino 2 Yuki Ishikawa 2
Jaki Numazawa 0 Yuko Miyamoto 2 Minoru Fujita 2 Isami Kodaka 2
Semifinals[14] Finals[15]
      
C1 Ryuji Ito Pin
D1 Hideyoshi Kamitani 12:56
C1 Ryuji Ito 13:25
B1 Drew Parker Pin
A1 Violento Jack 12:15
B1 Drew Parker Pin

2024

The 2024 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor, titled the "Ikkitousen Special League Deathmatch Straight Flash," was held between July 10 and 25, 2024.

Current standings
Block A Block B
Hideyoshi Kamitani 6 Daiju Wakamatsu 6
Mad Man Pondo 6 Dale Patricks 6
Abdullah Kobayashi 4 Yuki Ishikawa 4
Dr. Redacted 2 Beastman 2
Kazumi Kikuta 2 Ryuji Ito 0
Final
   
A1 Hideyoshi Kamitani Pin
B1 Daiju Wakamatsu 18:24

See also

References

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  5. ^ "Death Match Survivor League 2019". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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